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THE RECORD SOME WOULD PREFER TO FORGET.... »
Posted by: Tumultuous 1 week, 2 days ago in Political Opinion
Just six years ago, congressional Republicans approved a major expansion of the government's role over health care, adding a massive amount of money to ...
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How the Religious Right Stole Christmas | Belief | AlterNet »
Posted by: mesodude 1 week, 2 days ago in Political Opinion
Last holiday season, Bill O’Reilly was fuming a little bit more than usual.
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The bombastic Fox News host declared that Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire ...Read (92) | Share | Discuss (22) | Read Full Story at alternet.org
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Kucinich: America Can No Longer Afford War-Based Economy »
Posted by: Tumultuous 1 week, 2 days ago in Political Opinion
Anger is growing among Americans - who say less money should be spent on the country's overseas military campaigns and more on tackling the country ...
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I have a question. Has any Republican ever apologized? - Democratic Underground »
Posted by: mesodude 1 week, 2 days ago in Political Opinion
I have a question. I've been listening to the Radio and TV since the election, and I've yet to hear a Republican say ...
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Sarah and Her Tribe »
Posted by: Progressive 1 week, 3 days ago in Political Opinion
An article by Jonathan Raban from The New York Review of Books, January 14, 2010
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Senate Passes Sweeping Health Care Bill »
Posted by: TimALoftis 1 week, 5 days ago in Political News
WASHINGTON (Dec. 24) - The Senate has passed President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul in a climactic Christmas Eve vote, extending medical insurance to ...
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Will the GOP Promise to Repeal 'ObamaCare' if Returned to Power? »
Posted by: Tumultuous 1 week, 5 days ago in Political Opinion
ABC News’ Teddy Davis reports: If health-care legislation makes it through Congress and is signed into law by President Obama, Republicans are going to face ...
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Screw Job | The New Republic »
Posted by: mesodude 1 week, 5 days ago in Political Opinion
President Obama is like a pilot who took the controls of the plane in mid-flight after the engines fell out. It’s obvious that he ...
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The Rise Of Republican Nihilism | The New Republic »
Posted by: mesodude 1 week, 5 days ago in Political Opinion
Does the Republican Party have any ideas? The query may have a familiar ring. Five years ago, the question of substance was demanded incessantly of ...
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Michele Bachman is a Welfare Queen - The Whited Sepulchre »
Posted by: mesodude 1 week, 5 days ago in Political News
Michele Bachmann has become well known for her anti-government tea-bagger antics, protesting health care reform and every other government “handout” as socialism. What her followers ...
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As health care reform bill advances, public support slips / The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com »
Posted by: mesodude 1 week, 5 days ago in Political News
More Americans oppose the health care reform bill than support it, according to two recent polls. The public also expresses confusion about the legislation, though ...
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Neocon pundits amp up demonization efforts in response to possible Ron Paul 2012 run - Liberty Post »
Posted by: mesodude 1 week, 5 days ago in Political News
Last week, in a bizzare stretch that would make Orwell blush, Hannity called Ron Paul supporters extremists and claimed that the military industrial complex is ...
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Lobbyists Buying Votes?: Special Interests' Impact on Health Care Reform | Video Cafe »
Posted by: mesodude 1 week, 5 days ago in Political Opinion
Nate Silver breaks down the numbers for us on the influence of lobbyists on blocking health care reform and who those lobbyists are likely to ...
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10 Greediest People of 2009 - AlterNet »
Posted by: mesodude 1 week, 5 days ago in Political Opinion
As ordinary Americans reel from the Great Recession, these gluttonous all-stars continue to claw in absurd amounts of money. Has picking a year’s greediest ...
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Rasmussen poll on drop in health care support worthless »
Posted by: mesodude 1 week, 5 days ago in Political Opinion
Pollsters are generally not the best and the brightest. Their methodology is questionable to say the least and the questions they ask are designed more ...
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